:: Underoath have a new song, “The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed” streaming on their Myspace page.

:: Footage of Dave Matthews live at the Staples Center discussing his late sax player LeRoi Moore, on the night of his passing can be seen here.

:: Peter Bjorn And John will put out a new record on September 23rd. Let’s hope there’s more whistling on this one.

:: Swingin’ Utters will release a rarities album.

:: Remember, Bloc Party’s new album is released digitally today.

BLOC PARTY seem pretty anxious for people to hear their new record. So much in fact they decided to sell the album digitally starting this Thursday, August 21st. A quick glance at a calendar will confirm your initial thoughts, this is a full 2 months before the physical release of Intimacy.

It just seems the band cannot contain their excitement, in an email to their fans they stated the new album is closer in style to their danceable debut, Silent Alarm and not as serious as their sophomore A Weekend In The City. The jury still seems to be out about the album’s first new song/video for “Mercury”. But for now there’s promise, and another new track, “Trojan Horse”.

MP3: Bloc Party :: “Trojan Horse” via Myspace.

Intimacy can be ordered through the band’s website. When it comes out October 27th, there will be a few bonus tracks. Also, not to spite the diehard fans, those wanting the physical copy will get the digital version if they pre-order the physical album through the site. (more…)

BLOC PARTY are feverishly working to finish up their 3rd album. Judging from what we’ve heard so far, that shizz is going to have some danceable beats to it for sure.

And if doesn’t, we can take super comfort in the fact they make videos with monkeys in them. ‘Cause let’s face it, monkeys make EVERYTHING better…everything!

A while back BLOC PARTY debuted their new song “Flux” on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. They have a new studio video for the song. This comes fresh off the heels of us running into one of the monsters from Kaiju Big Battel during CMJ so it’s no surprise that we now have what can best be described as a Beastie Boys - inspired video featuring those crazy Kaiju monsters.

Last week BLOC PARTY stopped by Late Night With Conan O’Brien to debut a new song called “Flux”. We got the performance for you here.

BLOC PARTY have released the third video off thier latest album A Weekend In The City. It’s for the song “Hunting For Witches” which is a jangly rock tune showcasing the band at their best.

Bloc party played a couple songs for BBC radio and posted em on their MySpace blog. One is a pretty good acoustic rendition of “I Still Remember” and the other is a less-than-pretty-good cover of Nelly Furtado’s “Say it Right.” Click here to check em out.

The Blue Walrus (not pictured above) just posted a pretty cool compilation on his blog with remixes of some pretty cool songs. The two that immediately grabbed my attention were “Waters of Nazareth” by Justice and remixed by John Redden and “I Still Remember” by Bloc Party remixed by SebastiAn. Click your greedy little mice below and pull em into your computer.

MP3: Justice - Waters of Nazareth (John Redden Remix)
MP3: Bloc Party - “I Still Remember (SebastiAn Remix)

Just when you thought that Bloc Party has had enough of is here in America, as they aim to wrap their current tour this weekend in NYC, they go and throw a bunch more dates at you. After heading oversees to spread the good word, they’ll head back this-a-way with the Noisettes for another string of dates to help usher in the summer.

03-27 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis *
03-28 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre *
03-30 New York, NY - United Palace Theatre *
03-31 New York, NY - United Palace Theatre *
04-14 Glasgow, Scotland – Academy #
04-15 Wolverhampton, England – Civic #
04-16 Plymouth, England – Pavilions #
04-18 Blackpool, England – Empress Ballroom #
04-19 London, England – Brixton Academy #
04-20 London, England – Brixton Academy #
04-21 Bourges, France – Bourges Festival
04-23 Nantes, France – Le Carriere
04-24 Lille, France – Aeronef
04-25 Brussels, Belgium – AB
04-27 Paris, France – Olympic
04-28 Utrecht, Netherlands – Music Centre
04-30 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
05-01 Stockholm, Sweden – Cirkus
05-02 Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
05-04 Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle
05-05 Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
05-06 Dresden, Germany – Schlachthof
05-08 Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
05-09 Munich, Germany – Tonhalle
05-10 Lausanne, Switzerland – Metropolis
05-12 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
05-13 Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
05-14 Lyon, France – Transbordeur
05-15 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
05-17 Madrid, Spain – Riviera
05-18 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
05-27 Pompano Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheatre ^
05-28 Tampa, FL - USF Sun Dome ^
05-29 Orlando, FL - UCF Arena ^
05-31 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ^
06-01 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues ^
06-03 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall ^
06-05 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre ^
06-06 Boston, MA - WFNX Radio Show ^
06-07 Asbury Park, NJ - Convention Hall ^
06-09 San Francisco, CA - Live 105 Radio Show ^
06-11 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre ^
06-12 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre ^
06-13 Las Vegas, NV - Palms Casino Hotel ^
06-16 San Diego, CA - Concerts in the Park ^
07-01 Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival
08-03 Melbourne, Australia - Festival Hall
08-04 Sydney, Australia - Hordern Pavilion
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

* with Albert Hammond Jr., Sebastien Grainger
# with Mahogany
^ with the Maccabees, the Noisettes

We probably aren’t the first to notice, but BLOC PARTY must enjoy Bret Easton Ellis books as much as we do. The entire first track on their new album, “Song For Clay (Disappear Here)” is a tribute of sorts. If you have realized this yet, here are some points of interest so that you can bring this subject up at a cool party this weekend, and sound like you know what you are talking about:

- Clay is the main character/narrator in Ellis’ book, Less Than Zero

- “Disappear Here” is the slogan from a billboard in the same book that troubles Clay throughout the story.

- “Bubbles rise in the champagne flutes, but when we kiss I feel nothing” is a reference to American Psycho

You’ll have to figure out the rest for yourself.